Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Watertown, MN ranks #4,833 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 22 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Watertown, MN include Caterpillar, Teleflex Life Sciences, Mei Research. That works out to 4.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John L. Marsolek Caterpillar 12
2 Stephen Anthony Penegor Teleflex Life Sciences 3
3 Jared D. Sieling Mei Research 2
3 Stephen L. Bolea Medtronic 2
#5 Carter Nelson Entegris 1
#5 Dennis L. Totushek 1
#5 Gary Berscheit Seagate Technology 1

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